So I am finished my first semester of my masters. Hard to believe that I have been here since September already. Since my last post a few things have happened. Most importantly we took a trip to Portugal. Dejan, Aleks, Melita and I spent 5 days on the Algarve coast in southern Portugal. It was a blast. We stayed in a small town called Porches. With our rental car we were able to travel pretty much along the entire coast, and even made it over to Spain for a day. Overall it was a really fun trip, and was a nice way to start off the Christmas holidays.
Christmas was different for me this year. It was the first time that I spent it away from my family. I was in england with Melita and hers. On Christmas Eve we went to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The orchestra that performed were extremely good. Christmas day was fun, though there was no snow, it was still a memorable day.
The following day was my birthday. We woke up late and sorta lounged around. Later on in the day we decided to go bowling. I won both games, but I have a feeling they may have let me since it was my b-day :)
The next event was New Years. The four of us made the trip into London and found out spot along the embankment about 3.5 hours before the fireworks. Though it was an extremely long wait, the display was totally worth it. Surrounded by over 50,000 people Big Ben rang in the new year. Getting out of the city was a challenge. There were 700,000 people in London that night, and as we were walking up through Trafalgar square we were shoulder to shoulder with thousands of other people. It was a great experience.
The week following New Years was filled with school work. Thats right, my semester did not end before the Christmas break, rather the majority of my assignments were due in the one week after the break. So one test and 4 projects later I am finally finished my first semester of my masters.
I hope to travel a bit in this break, if I am able to I will post some of that on here as well.
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